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# India

> What Coverbase asks a supplier in India for, and which of those rules block a submission.

[User guides](/user-guides/overview) / [Supplier countries](/user-guides/supplier-countries/overview)

A supplier whose bank account is held in India sees the fields below. The country is chosen on the form, and changing it changes the fields, so a supplier is never asked for a detail their country does not use.

## Bank details

| Field          | Requirement | Format                                     | Notes                                                             |
| -------------- | ----------- | ------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Bank name      | Optional    | up to 60 characters                        |                                                                   |
| IFSC Code      | Suggested   | 11 characters, letters and digits          | 11 characters, e.g. HDFC0000123.                                  |
| Account number | Required    | up to 18 characters, letters and digits    |                                                                   |
| Check digit    | Optional    | no length limit, digits only               |                                                                   |
| SWIFT/BIC      | Optional    | 8 to 11 characters, letters and digits     | 8 or 11 characters, e.g. BOFAUS3N. Needed for a payment by wire.  |
| Account type   | Optional    | no length limit, one of: checking, savings | Checking unless the bank issued the account as a savings account. |

### IBAN

An IBAN is optional for India. It is up to 34 characters and is checked against the ISO 7064 MOD-97 algorithm, which catches a mistyped or transposed digit before the details reach your finance system.

## Tax and company registrations

| Registration | Requirement | Format                                            | Notes                           |
| ------------ | ----------- | ------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------- |
| PAN          | Required    | 10 characters, letters and digits                 | 10 characters, e.g. AAAPZ1234C. |
| GSTIN        | Suggested   | 15 characters, letters and digits, GSTIN checksum | 15 characters.                  |

After a registration is saved, Coverbase checks it against the Indian GST portal in the background. That check never blocks the supplier: it annotates the record once it completes, and a reviewer can retry it.

## Where these rules come from

Oracle Fusion Cash Management 26c IN validations; RBI IFSC format.

The rules on this page are confirmed against a primary source, so they are enforced strictly.

Configuration version `2026.09.1`. Your organization can override any of these rules for its own suppliers.

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